TY  - CONF
ID  - orgprints8252
UR  - http://orgprints.org/8252/
A1  - Henriksen, Britt I. F.
A1  - Grøva, Lise
A1  - Kielland, Camilla
TI  - Organic Cow Comfort
- an advisorytool to secure animal welfare on organic dairy farms in Norway 


Y1  - 2006///
N2  - Organic Cow Comfort is an advisory tool in animal welfare, developed to secure animal welfare on organic dairy farms in Norway. The farm advisory tool consists of
?	A farm visit by a veterinarian and a production advisor both specialized in animal welfare and organic farming
?	An evaluation of herd health and welfare through welfare assessment
?	Advice on disease prevention and improve-ment of animal welfare
?	Follow up visit by an advisor looking at im-plementation of new initiatives
?	Counselling meetings with groups of farmer
The evaluation of herd health and welfare is done with the help of checklists where animal based pa-rameters, farm management and operating systems, and human-animal relationship are recorded. A report is prepared after every farm visit with a health and welfare plan where specific measures for improve-ment of animal welfare are outlined.  



AV  - public
ER  -